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Auction Ends: Mar 31, 2008 11:59 PM EDT

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Behind-the-Scenes Tour - Physical Anthropology Division - National Museum of Natural History

Item Number
242
Estimated Value
Priceless
Sold
210 USD to lazarjg
Number of Bids
3  -  Bid History

Item Description

This extraordinarily unique behind-the-scenes tour through the Physical Anthropology Division at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution will show the attendees the ongoing research being done in the division. This tour will focus on the non-destructive investigations of mummies and skeletons from the physical anthropological collections using Siemens Computed Tomography machine, and will also illustrate other Smithsonian objects studied using this equipment.

The tour will also include a visit to the dry environment room (the "Mummy Room") of the Anthropology Division.

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Item Special Note

Since this is the Physical Anthropology Division, visitors should be aware that they will be seeing human remains, both mummified and skeletal and will be discussing death and pathological conditions. The CT scanner room and "Mummy Room" are not large, so group size should be limited to 10 or less individuals. Only by special agreement should children under 10 be considered for the tour.

**IMPORTANT**

REVELS WILL PROVIDE CONTACT INFORMATION TO THE WINNING BIDDER. ARRANGEMENTS FOR THIS TOUR CAN BE MADE BEGINNING IN LATE JULY 2008. POSSIBLE DATES FOR THE TOUR INCLUDE AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 2008 AND JANUARY-MARCH 2009.

     

Donated By:

Division of Physical Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution